There is something deeply flawed with SciPy. The recent @numpy_team paper just published with 26 male authors and 0 women is a symptom. 1/
There have been complaints about lack of diversity for years. 2/ ilovesymposia.com/2015/04/03/cal…
Does diversity matter? It sure does. Just one consequence: by shutting out women, the SciPy team arguably bears considerable responsibility for driving women to R. 3/ reshamas.github.io/why-women-are-…
A debate about R vs. Python can be settled elsewhere, but it doesn’t seem too much to insist that programming language choices should not be influenced by sexism. 4/
I’ve also been disheartened that funding agencies talking about emphasizing diversity, equity and inclusion turn a blind eye. 5/
As a result, the @numpy_team gets away with always promising the future. Every year it’s the same refrain: “wait till next year, we're doing much better now.” 6/
That’s how you end up with 26/26 male authors on a paper. 7/7
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